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Steve Angel, chairman and chief executive officer of Praxair (NYSE: PX),
has announced that Eduardo Menezes has been promoted to executive vice
president and will continue to lead the U.S. Industrial Gases
businesses, Praxair Mexico and Praxair Canada businesses. Scott Telesz
has also been promoted to executive vice president and will now lead
Praxair Asia in addition to Praxair Europe/Russia, Praxair Surface
Technologies, Middle East, Strategic Planning and Global Procurement &
Materials Management.

These promotions are effective on March 1, 2012, following the
retirement of executive vice president Ricardo Malfitano.

“Eduardo and Scott are proven leaders who will continue to drive our
global expansion and deliver outstanding results for the company,” said
Angel. “Ricardo has been a dynamic leader at Praxair for many years and
we will miss him. We wish him all the best in his retirement.”

Menezes has been president of Praxair’s largest business unit, North
American Industrial Gases, since 2010 and was elected senior vice
president in 2011. He joined the company at White Martins, a Praxair
subsidiary based in Brazil, in 1986, and has held positions of
increasing responsibility including managing director of Praxair’s
business in Mexico and president of Praxair Europe. Menezes holds a
chemical engineering degree from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
and an MBA from State University of New York.

Telesz was appointed senior vice president of Praxair and a member of
the executive leadership team in 2010. He is responsible for Praxair’s
gases business in Europe, India and the Middle East, Praxair Surface
Technologies, healthcare markets and the company’s Global Procurement
and Materials Management group. Prior to joining Praxair, Telesz was
with SABIC Innovative Plastics where he managed the company’s $2.5
billion global resins business. Prior to that, he held a variety of
general management positions with General Electric and McKinsey. Telesz
earned a degree in electrical engineering from Duke and an MBA from
Harvard Business School.

Praxair, Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South
America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2011 sales of
approximately $11 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes
atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface
coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making the
planet more productive by bringing efficiency and environmental benefits
to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food
and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and
others. More information on Praxair is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com

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